Which Surah and Juz is Quran 30:28 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ar-Room (The Romans), the 30th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 21.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 30:28?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 30:28?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 30:28 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Tawhid, Idolatry, Parables in Quran, Divine Provision, Reason and Reflection.

Ayah 27

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُه...

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Q: What does Quran 30:28 mean?

Quran 30:28 (Surah Ar-Room, Ayah 28) translates to: "He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason."

Ayah 29

بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم بِ...

ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًۭا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِى مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌۭ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ

Daraba lakum masalam min anfusikum hal lakum mimmaa malakat aymaanukum min shurakaaa'a fee maa razaqnaakum fa antum feehi sawaaa'un takhaafoonahum kakheefa tikum anfusakum; kazaalika nufassilul Aayaati liqawminy ya'qiloon

He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason.

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30:28Ayah 160

4 ayahs in Ar-Room are strongly about the oneness of Allah.

← Previous on Oneness of Allah30:13And there will not be for them among their [alleged] partners any intercessors, and they will [then] be disbelievers in their partners.Next on Oneness of Allah →30:31[Adhere to it], turning in repentance to Him, and fear Him and establish prayer and do not be of those who associate others with Allah

Tafsir

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He has struck He has coined for you O idolaters a similitude that is actually drawn from yourselves and it is as follows do you have among those whom your right hands own that is to say among your servants any partners of yourselves who may share in what We have provided for you of property and so on so that you and they are equal therein fearing them as you fear your own folk just as you fear those free men like you? the interrogative is meant as a negation in other words ‘your servants are not partners of yours in what you own so how can you make some of God’s servants partners of His. So We detail the signs so We explain them in such detail for people who understand a people who reflect.

"Any one of you who has land, or date palm trees, he should not sell them until he offers them to his partner first."

Sunan Abu Dawud #3510Narrated Makhlad ibn Khufaf al-Ghifari:Da'if

I and some people were partners in a slave. I employed him on some work in the absence of one of the partners. He got earnings for me. He disputed me and the case of his claim to his share in the earnings to a judge, who ordered me to return the earnings (i.e. his share) to him. I then came to Urwah ibn az-Zubayr, and related the matter to him. Urwah then came to him and narrated to him a tradition from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the authority of Aisha: Profit follows responsibility.

Sunan Abu Dawud #1000The aforesaid tradition has also been narrated by Mis’ar through a different chain of transmitters to the same effect. This version adds:Sahih

Is it not sufficient for one of you or for one of them that he puts his hand on his thigh, and then gives the salutation to his brother to his right and left sides.

Sahih Muslim #7244Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Sahih

When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher level than you in regard to wealth and physical structure he should also see one who stands at a lower level than you in regard to these things (in which he stands) at a higher level (as compared to him).

Sunan Ibn Majah #2234It was narrated from Abu Rafi' that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Hasan

“The partner has more right to what is near him, so long as he is still a partner.”